Needham Named Sixth Best-Educated Town in U.S.

Would you believe that Needham is one of the smartest towns in America? Well, Nerdwallet thinks so.

In fact, they call the town "a haven for engineers and tech workers."

NerdWallet, a website that claims to help consumers save money and make smarter decisions about their personal finances, travel plans, or higher education, posted an article yesterday outlining the top ten smartest towns in the United States and Wellesley came in third.

Also in the top ten were Brookline, Newton and Wellesley Massachusetts.

According to NerdWallet's results, 73 percent of Needham's residents who are at least 25 have earned a bachelor's degree or higher, while only 2.5 percent did not finish high school.

"Needham is also the home of one of the first industrial parks in the United States. The introduction of tech companies, like PTC Products, offering high-value job opportunities helped establish it as a destination for people with computer and technology backgrounds," says NerdWallet's brief on the town.

Needham was beat out by Palo Alto, California with a 14.5 percent rate of people with doctoral degrees and Bethesda, Maryland who took home the top spot with only 1.9 percent of it's population not having earned a high school diploma.

The website even took sports into account, noting "Needham has a particularly when it comes to high school football, and the two continue to be rivals when it comes to education level."

See the full list of towns on NerdWallet's website.